The Pros and Cons of Single-Gender Classrooms

PUB. DATE

October 2010

SOURCE

Curriculum Review;Oct2010, Vol. 50 Issue 2, p9

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

The article discusses a dual academy at the Imagine Southeast Public Charter School in Washington, D.C. where boys and girls are placed in single-gender classrooms. The article describes the structure of the program and provides statistics for single-sex classes in public schools throughout the U.S. Other topics include the book "Why Gender Matters" by Leonard Sax, comments from Chicago Medical School professor Lise Eliot, and the National Association for Single Sex Public Education.